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St Michael's

Ward

North east Castle Point. About 5,507 people in 4.8 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in St Michael's live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,423
3,089th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
90.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How St Michael's compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

St Michael'sMiddle
Population13 wards, Castle Point · 2021
Population: every ward in Castle Point13 areas from 5,310 to 8,307. The middle area is 6,856. St Michael's is 5,423.
5,4232nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares13 wards, Castle Point · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Castle Point13 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. St Michael's is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage13 wards, Castle Point · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Castle Point13 areas from 63.7% to 97.3%. The middle area is 90.9%. St Michael's is 90.2%.
90.2%4th lowest
Claimant rate13 wards, Castle Point · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Castle Point13 areas from 1.5% to 3.8%. The middle area is 2.5%. St Michael's is 2.3%.
2.3%joint 5th lowest

Is St Michael's safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in St Michael's at a rate of 55.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 62.3 per 1,000 people across Castle Point.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 28 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in St Michael's.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (84), shoplifting (43) and anti-social behaviour (32).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Castle Point

These figures are published for the whole of Castle Point, not for each ward, so they describe all of Castle Point and not St Michael's alone. See Castle Point

Average house price
£356,579
Down 4.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£41,745
105th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.5×
Joint 105th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
17.6
Joint 130th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
St Michael's in brief

St Michael's had 5,423 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in St Michael's live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In St Michael's, 90.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In St Michael's, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.